Brush for cleaning chimneys



(No Modl.)

A. OELSCHLEG-ER.

BRUSH FOR CLEANING GHIMNEYS.

Patented Oct. 2-7, 18185.

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NlTE dramas ATENT Fl lCEO ANTON OELSGHLEGER, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

BRUSH FOR CLEANING CHIMNEYS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,967, dated Qatober 27, 1885.

Application filed May 28, 1885. Serial No. 166,915. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANTON OELSOHLEGER, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and Improved Brush for Cleaning Chimneys, of which the following is a specification.

In the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts,

-Figure l is a plan vView of my device, the

handle being shown in cross-section, and a portion of the body being represented as broken out, the better to illustrate the invention. Fig.2 is a sectional view on line m, Fig. 1.

A represents a handle, of sufficient length to extend downa chimney,securedtoasocket, B, setinto the body in any suitable manner, the means shown being a nut, a. The body of the brush is of rectangular shape, so as to fit into the corners of the chimney, and consists of radiating arms 0 and rims 0 O, supported by said arms, all made preferably in a single piece, and of rubber, leather, or other flexible material. The outer edges of the rims are rounded and provided with bristles D, and the ends of said rims are preferably made to overlap, as shown. The entire body, including the arms 0 and rim 0 O", is provided with internal metallic springs, E, as

shown, set into the material, whereby greater stiffness and firmness are obtained,

As the brush is worked back and forth in the chimney, the rectangular shape causes it to extend well into the corners, and the rigidity of'the body adds greatly to its efiiciency, While the soot drops readily through the spaces between the radial arms.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire tolsecure by Letters Patent, is

The hereindescribed improved brush for cleaning chimneys, consisting, essentially, of the radial arms 0 and rims O C, made of rubber, leather, or other flexible material, provided with internal springs, E, and suitable bristles and handle, substantially as and for the purpose described.

ANTON OELSCHLEGER.

Witnesses:

HENRY WV. WILLIAMS, B. W. WILLIAMS. 

